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Jen Gilpin & Merle Winter, Designers

We were looking for a model for my lookbook and my boyfriend, Maxime, took a photo of Merle at a party and and came back right away and showed me and was like, ‘This girl has amazing eyes and we have to find her!’ Read more

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Liya Kebede, Model/Actress

"I really think the less you do, the better it is." Which might explain why she doesn't wear makeup during the day. Read more

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Stevie Dance, Stylist

“My approach to beauty has always been about not adding on layers on top of what I already have, but building layers within. Read more

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Carolyn & Dylan Murphy

"Since I was a little bit younger than Dylan, every Sunday was beauty day: my mom and I would do masks, and we would do our nails..." Read more

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Mary Charteris, Model & DJ

“I’ve had long hair my whole life, basically, and I don’t do much to it. I’m naturally blond and the sun helps. Read more

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Leigh Lezark, DJ

"I hate leaving everything in the bathroom, so I keep most things in my bedroom and store backups in my bathroom. Read more

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Sun in the City

If you’ve been reading this site since last July, well, first of all—thanks! Read more

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Élodie Bouchez, Actress

“For a long time, I felt like I didn’t want any artifice because I always liked, even in my work, the idea that people really see me and really see what I propose as a person and as an actress. Read more

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Patrick Bateman, Investment Banker

“I live in the American Gardens Building on West 81st Street, on the eleventh floor. My name is Patrick Bateman. I'm twenty-seven years old. Read more

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Lily Kwong, Student & Model

"I study urbanism at Columbia—I’m a sociology and urban studies undergrad student. Read more

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Amanda Harlech

“I’ve been working at Chanel with Karl [Lagerfeld] for twelve years now, I think. It is consistently challenging, broadening, sharpening and refining. Read more

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Michelle Violy Harper, Brand Consultant

“My grandmother always said, and she reminded me when I got engaged, ‘Make sure when you get your apartment, it has two bathrooms. Read more

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GoldenEye, Jamaica

Last week, somewhere between the temperature in NY drastically plunging, my heater breaking, and begrudgingly pulling out my Norma Kamali one-size-fits-all, unisex “sleeping bag coat” for the first time this winter, I thought, “something’s not right here. Read more

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Kerry Diamond, PR Exec & Restaurateur

“I’ve spent much of my career in beauty, which I fell into by mistake, but I think it was destiny at work because I was always obsessed with makeup and makeup artists and models, etc. Read more

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Marina Muñoz, Stylist

“I’m from Buenos Aires in Argentina. I would say I’m very ‘tomboy’. Read more

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Alessandra Codinha, Eye Reporter, WWD

“In any department store, my favorite place is usually the beauty floor. I find it immensely comforting. Read more

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Alexandra Golovanoff, Journalist & TV Host

I have been doing the French fashion channel for maybe seven or eight years. My father is Russian, but my mother is half eastern European—Romanian—and half French. Read more

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Hôtel Thoumieux

For some people, when it comes to hotels, a great bed is priority number one. For me, it’s all about the bathroom. Read more

Emily Weiss
My Skin Care: December 2011

Inez van Lamsweerde recently said something that got me thinking about all of the lotions and potions that I’ve been slathering on my face as of late. Read more

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Jane Larkworthy, Beauty Director, W

“I was never really a beauty junkie, but it’s just those chromosomes that make you walk into a magazine’s beauty closet and think, ‘Oh my God, that is a wall of shampoo. Read more

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When Tessa Met Jenna

When I think Clinique, I think many things: 3 Step Skin Care System. All About Eyes. Read more

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Roxane Mesquida, Actress

“I’m from a very small village in the South of France, on the border of Italy. Read more

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Inez van Lamsweerde, Photographer

“I’m very involved on a shoot with the decisions about hair and makeup. I don’t just wait until the model comes out, ready—it’s too much fun! Read more